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1. More than we’d probably like to admit so many of our days are spent in a state of self-delusion,
an internal monologue of justifying our actions, both good and bad. When we do something
wrong, our evolutionary instincts kick in and we do anything we can to not acknowledge the
obvious: sometimes, it’s all our fault.
The examples should sound familiar: We get necessary and helpful feedback from a boss or
colleague, only to snarl under our breath, but failing to realize the foolishness on our end. We
become aware of our declining efficiency, so instead of treating the disease we treat the
symptoms and we chug coffee only to crash an hour later face-first into our keyboard (and then
we go searching for productivity hacks because our workload is too high).
Over time, this becomes our routine, our default reaction, and we fail to stop and reflect on what
we’re doing. To make it even more difficult, many of us don’t have the luxury of someone being
accountable for us (who does?), helping us recognize our mistakes and their repercussions.
Catching ourselves before we engage in our typical default reactions is one of the greatest
challenges of our lives, but when done relentlessly and with discipline and moments of
reflection, mindfulness ensues. It’s human nature to first experience and then explain. How
difficult it is to be in the midst of trolling, stopping yourself and admitting, “Wait a minute, I’m
trolling right now because this person’s opinion just sucker-punched my ego, and I feel a visceral
desire to tell this person they’re an idiot so I can feel better!” Instead, we hit send and then
explain why we did it.